| Climate Migration Myths M de Bruijn et al. Nature Climate Change 9, 898-903, 2019 | 518* | 2019 |
| Mobile Africa: changing patterns of movement in Africa and beyond M De Bruijn, RA van Dijk, D Foeken Brill, 2001 | 409 | 2001 |
| Mobile phones: The new talking drums of everyday Africa M De Bruijn, F Nyamnjoh African Books Collective, 2009 | 284 | 2009 |
| Arid ways: cultural understandings of insecurity in Fulbe society, Central Mali ME de Bruijn PQDT-Global, 1995 | 237 | 1995 |
| Ways forward in livelihood research M Kaag Globalization and development: Themes and concepts in current research, 49-74, 2004 | 232 | 2004 |
| Changing population mobility in West Africa: Fulbe pastoralists in central and south Mali M De Bruijn, H Van Dijk African affairs 102 (407), 285-307, 2003 | 153 | 2003 |
| L'image des Fulbe: Analyse critique de la construction du concept de" pulaaku"(The Image of the Fulani: A Critical Analysis of How the Concept of" Pulaaku" has been Constructed) A Breedveld, M De Bruijn Cahiers d'études africaines, 791-821, 1996 | 103 | 1996 |
| Rethinking Resistance: revolt and violence in African history GJ Abbink, M De Bruijn, K Van Walraven Brill, 2003 | 100 | 2003 |
| The social life of connectivity in Africa M De Bruijn, R Van Dijk Springer, 2012 | 95 | 2012 |
| Mobile Africa: an introduction M De Bruijn, R Van Dijk, D Foeken Mobile Africa, 1-7, 2001 | 78 | 2001 |
| The mobile phone,‘modernity’and change in Khartoum, Sudan I Brinkman, M De Bruijn, H Bilal Mobile phones: The new talking drums of everyday Africa, 69-91, 2009 | 67 | 2009 |
| Pastoralists under pressure?: Fulbe societies confronting change in West Africa V Azarya Brill, 1999 | 67 | 1999 |
| Insecurity and pastoral development in the Sahel ME De Bruijn, HJWM Van Dijk Development and change 30 (1), 115-139, 1999 | 66 | 1999 |
| Drought and Coping Strategies in Fulƃe Society in the Hayre (Central Mali): A Historical Perspective (Crise et identité dans la société fulbe du Haayre (Mali central): une … M De Bruijn, H Van Dijk Cahiers d'études africaines, 85-108, 1994 | 59 | 1994 |
| Youth between state and rebel (dis) orders: contesting legitimacy from below in Sub-Sahara Africa M De Bruijn, J Both Rebels and Legitimacy, 111-130, 2018 | 58 | 2018 |
| Mobility and society in the Sahel: An exploration of mobile margins and global governance M Bruijn | 58 | 2007 |
| Introduction: Ideologies of youth R Van Dijk, M De Bruijn, C Cardoso, I Butter Africa Development 36 (3-4), 1-18, 2011 | 56 | 2011 |
| Arid ways M de Bruijn, H van Dijk Cultural understandings of insecurity in fulbe society, central Mali …, 1995 | 56 | 1995 |
| Climate migration is about people, not numbers D Durand-Delacre, G Bettini, SL Nash, H Sterly, G Gioli, E Hut, I Boas, ... Open Book Publishers, 2021 | 55 | 2021 |
| Peuls et Mandingues: Dialectique des construction edentitaires ME De Bruijn, JWM van Dijk Karthala en Afrika Studiecentrum, 1997 | 55* | 1997 |